Collection of SGI Irix 6.5 Freeware Binaries

Note: The following binaries are compiled by me. They are running on my Indigo2 purple, Irix 6.5. I feel they are very handy and I understand the difficulties in compiling open source programs on Irix. So I want to share the binaries with other people. You can get them and use them. They are running great on my Indigo2 but I definitely am not responsible for anything caused by installing or using these binaries.

Some programs require gtk, or some other libraries, which can be get from freeware.sgi.com.


Application Homepage Ver. Download Install Install Dir Comments Compile Date
rdesktop cvs homepage cvs20040727 tarball untar
copy rdesktop to PATH		 Anywhere This is my attempt to make rdesktop play remote sounds. The code is done by mimicing rdpsnd_sun.c and rdpsnd_oss.c, with the help of xmms-IRIX-0.6b plugin source code. It works well sometimes, and not well other times. I haven't fully understood all of the code. So it is provided as-is. I am sure there are problems of which I haven't taken care. patch file against cvs version. July 28,2004
rdesktop rdesktop homepage 1.2.0p tarball untar
cd rdesktop
make install		 /usr/local Remote Desktop client for *NIX platforms. Current cvs version of rdesktop still can't handle 24bit color on SGI IRIX. This is patched 1.2.0 version to have 24bit true colors. screenshot 2004
Dillo Web Browser dillo homepage 0.8.0 tarball untar
cd dillo-0.8.0
make install		 /usr/local The most recent version. No crash so far. I replaced the default toolbar with the one coming with 0.7.x. Just get used to it. I also added F5 as an accelaration key for reload button. It seems to me that this version has a different layout engine than 0.7.x version. Dillo is not good at layout and this new version is worse! See here and here for example. Feb. 11, 2004
Dillo Web Browser dillo homepage 0.7.2 tarball untar
cd dillo-0.7.2
make install		 /usr/local My everyday browser. Extremely fast, small web browser with usable quality, a little more than 600KB. Version 2.7.3 constantly crashes on my Indigo2 so I still stay on 2.7.2. Aug. 27, 2003
Fluxbox dillo homepage 0.1.14 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local A fast and lightweighted X window manager. Many new and useful functionalities. Apr. 15, 2003
TIN 0.8.2 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local Everyday newsgroup reader 2003
Expect 0.8.2 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local a good script that can interact with remote hosts. 2003
Mutt dillo homepage 1.4.1i tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local very good text-mode email client. Apr. 13, 2003
BitchX dillo homepage 1.0c19 tarball untar ready to run Sometime I use it, otherwise I use IRC plugin in Gaim. Dec. 28, 2002
bbkeys dillo homepage 0.8.6 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local keyboard grabber for blackbox x-window manager. Jul. 19, 2004
Groff dillo homepage 1.18.2 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local Text formatting tool. Nov. 08, 2002
xmahjongg dillo homepage 3.6.1 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local Solitaire Game for MahJongg Sep. 15, 2002
Gaim dillo homepage 0.59.7 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local IM client, only oscar, toc, msn, and yahoo protocols are compiled because I don't use others. Nov. 9, 2002
Sylpheed dillo homepage 0.8.7claws tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local Email and Newsgroup client Dec. 23, 2002
mlterm dillo homepage 2.6.2 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local Multi-language term, you will need provide fonts.
Stopped using it because it crashed sometimes and I feel rxvt is better. 		Nov. 21, 2002
asclock   xlib2.0b12 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local pretty clock Sep. 15, 2002
Tcl dillo homepage 8.4 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local   Nov. 16, 2002
Tk dillo homepage 8.4 tarball untar
make install		 /usr/local   Nov. 16, 2002



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